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Robert ROFF

Regimental number4762
Place of birthHawthorn, Victoria
SchoolHawthorn State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address10 Whalley Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice May Roff, 10 Whalley Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Annie Roff; husband of Alice ROFF, 96 Doncaster Road, Box Hill, Victoria
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76
Date: 23 May 1918

Family/military connectionsBrother-in-law and cousins
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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